Chapter 555 - 236: Blood Crystal Refinement: Then It’s Settled
Chapter 555: Chapter 236: Blood Crystal Refinement: Then It’s Settled
He truly hadn’t expected the Blood Crystal to come from Su Li.
At the same time, a vast number of Mandala Flowers burst into bloom under the moonlight.
A mysterious wind blew, and the petals immediately rose on the breeze.
They moved as if alive, vying to surge toward Xiao Chen nearby, engulfing him completely in an instant.
Su Li struggled futilely for a moment before closing her eyes in defeat.
Because of this, she failed to notice that many of the petals seemed to be vanishing into thin air.
If anyone had been looking down from above the island at that moment, they would have seen that Xiao Chen’s location had become a vortex, devouring the swirling storm of petals whole.
In truth, these weren’t real Mandala Flowers, but rather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power that had been transformed by a curse.
Looked at another way, it was as if a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was actively pouring into his body.
Such a fortunate event was a rarity, something one might encounter only a few times in the entire Immortal Realm.
The last time Xiao Chen had encountered a situation like this...
...was when he had unexpectedly discovered a buried Blood Crystal while harvesting the Moon-Dyed Jade Marrow Ganoderma. The memory was still fresh, as if it had happened just a short while ago.
...
Feeling the Spiritual Power surging within him, Xiao Chen silently activated his Cultivation Technique to refine it.
’When food is put right in your mouth, it’d be a crime not to eat.’
Under the bright moonlight, the Mandala Flower petals surged like a tide, wave after wave crashing toward Xiao Chen.
They even swept up the fallen Blood Crystal, carrying it along and depositing it right in front of him.
The moment it made contact, a surge of Qi Blood Power, dozens of times more potent than that of the previous mysterious crystal, flooded into his body like a tsunami.
The effect was so overwhelming that Xiao Chen’s entire body instantly flushed red, every blood vessel from head to toe bulging.
Too much of a good thing can kill you.
"Fuck!"
Xiao Chen let out a rare curse, immediately dropping into a cross-legged position and frantically activating his newly acquired Starlight Body Refining Secret Skill.
It was now a race to see which was greater: the Qi Blood gushing from the Blood Crystal, or his own Refinement speed.
’Augment, show me your limits.’
Under the hundredfold boost, the Life Pill inside Xiao Chen began to spin furiously.
He activated all one hundred and eight of his body’s acupoints at once, creating what felt like one hundred and eight miniature vortexes inside him.
The massive influx of Qi Blood Power was instantly absorbed by the nearest acupoints the moment it entered his body.
However, as if sensing the rapid depletion of its Qi Blood Power, the Blood Crystal began to release it even faster.
This mechanism was originally designed to ensure that even a powerful Witch could use it to attempt a Breakthrough Realm.
But for Xiao Chen, this was a disaster. Even going all out, he felt his Refinement speed was still far too slow.
POP!
Xiao Chen whipped out a vial of Earth Vein Essence Milk from his Vast Sea Ring and downed it in one gulp, not even bothering with the stopper before tossing it to the ground.
As a Spiritual Liquid capable of repairing a damaged Golden Core, it could, of course, also increase his cultivation speed.
With the aid of the Spiritual Liquid, the Life Pill’s absorption rate quickened once more.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he then took out a Purple Gold Bodhi and swallowed it.
This item could increase one’s comprehension and improve their proficiency with Cultivation Techniques, indirectly boosting cultivation speed.
Under the effects of these two Spiritual Objects, Xiao Chen managed to boost his Refinement speed by another fifty percent.
He finally withstood the pressure of the infusion and began to rapidly expand his Life Pill.
This just went to show that taking shortcuts was, in the end, always risky.
Fortunately, with the help of the Spiritual Objects and the hundredfold cultivation speed from his Augment, Xiao Chen ultimately came out on top.
After surviving the most difficult part, it was smooth sailing from there.
One strand of True Essence, two strands of True Essence...
Ten strands of True Essence, twenty strands of True Essence...
One hundred strands of True Essence!
When the last of the Qi Blood was absorbed, Xiao Chen had gained a full one hundred strands of True Essence, essentially saving him a year’s worth of cultivation time.
"Phew—!"
He let out a long, turbid breath. Unlike the previous two times, which had ended abruptly and left him wanting more, this time, Xiao Chen had finally eaten his fill.
He even felt a little stuffed.
Most importantly, the increase in True Essence from the Blood Crystal was merely a side effect.
Its more important effect was increasing his total volume of Qi Blood.
Xiao Chen felt that after this infusion, his total Qi Blood had at least doubled.
As his blood flowed through his veins, if one were to listen closely, they could even hear the sound of crashing waves.
At the same time, his internal organs also seemed to have undergone some kind of indescribable reinforcement.
Just as some of the Qi Blood from the previous Blood Crystal had "melted" into his Meridians, this time it had permeated not only his Meridians but his internal organs as well.
’I wonder what purpose that "disappeared" Qi Blood served?’
Xiao Chen couldn’t quite figure it out at the moment.
But it didn’t matter. He was sure that whatever the case, it couldn’t be a bad thing.
With the Divine Protection Veil, he didn’t have to be like other Cultivators, constantly on edge and worrying whether such an unusual occurrence would have negative side effects.
The question Xiao Chen needed to ponder now was how to get more Blood Crystals.
At this point, although he still had many questions, two things had become very clear.
First, for any Body Cultivator, a Blood Crystal was an absolutely priceless treasure.
Contrary to what Xiao Chen had previously thought, one didn’t need a large number of them at all.
Based on his current progress, if he could just obtain six more, his Life Pill would advance directly to the Great Perfection stage of the Golden Core Realm.